Rita Gnutti
Executive Director, Internal Validation and Controls, Group Chief Risk Officer Area
Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy
AI governance & model risk
Day 1, 23 November 2026 · 09:00–09:30 · Room A · Main Stage
International Banking Summit
Banking Frontier 2026
23–27 November 2026 · Holiday Inn Amsterdam – Arena Towers, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Explore the programme
89 published sessions across 5 themed days in two rooms, each with a time, a room and an attribution.
Read the five daysMeet the speakers
65 named speakers from 31 countries, each listed with a role, an organisation and the session they are published against.
See selected speakersChoose how to take part
In person in Amsterdam or online. The official registration page is the only place that states current passes and terms.
Compare participationPlan travel
Holiday Inn Amsterdam – Arena Towers, Amsterdam. Station, parking, step-free access and the registration desk, taken from the official travel page.
See venue and travel
The five days
One theme per day, top to bottom, with three published sessions reproduced from each. Times are Central European Time (CET).
AI & Trusted Finance
Day 1 · 23 November 2026
14 sessions, two rooms
AI-native banking, governance, model risk, data foundations, and the path from pilots to enterprise value.
AI governance & model risk
09:00–09:30 · Room A · Main Stage
Rita Gnutti · Head of Internal Validation and Controls · Intesa Sanpaolo · Italy
Data, AI enablement & intelligent automation for bank operations
09:30–10:00 · Room B · Innovation & Implementation
Gladson Baby · VP & Director of Data & AI Enablement · Fifth Third Bank · US
Scaling AI responsibly: leadership playbook for AI risk & compliance
10:00–10:30 · Room A · Main Stage
Frans Vanbruggen · Werkgebied Lead · AI Coalitie 4 Nederland (AIC4NL) · Netherlands
Identity & Cyber Resilience
Day 2 · 24 November 2026
16 sessions, two rooms
Digital identity, fraud prevention, authentication, cyber resilience, and real-time trust across banking journeys.
Corporate digital identity management
09:00–09:30 · Room A · Main Stage
Stephan Wolf · Chair of the Board · Verifiable.Trade Foundation · Germany
Digital trust in AI-led banking · risk, audit and cyber oversight at board level
09:30–10:00 · Room A · Main Stage
Dr. Björn Lenzmann · Member of The Supervisory Board · DenizBank · Turkey
User centricity in cybersecurity · UX research and behavioural science
09:30–10:00 · Room B · Innovation & Implementation
Nazima Kadir · Global Head of UX: Cybersecurity · J.P. Morgan · UK
Payments & Digital Assets
Day 3 · 25 November 2026
20 sessions, two rooms
Instant payments, wallets, tokenization, Open Finance, digital assets, and the future of money movement.
Instant payments and interoperability
09:00–09:30 · Room A · Main Stage
Domenico Scaffidi · CEO & Founder · DS Payments Ltd · UK
The new payments landscape · instant, interoperable, invisible and built on trust
09:00–09:30 · Room B · Innovation & Implementation
Paul Walvik-Joynt · VP Commercialization Real-Time Payments · Mastercard · Norway
Digital wallets and biometric payments · customer experience and secure authentication
09:30–10:00 · Room B · Innovation & Implementation
Mihai Draghici · Founder & CEO · PayByFace · Romania
Customer Growth & Platform Banking
Day 4 · 26 November 2026
23 sessions, two rooms
Omnichannel journeys, AI-assisted service, smart branches, SME banking, and platform-based growth.
Human-AI banking experience
09:00–09:30 · Room A · Main Stage
Rudolf Stefanich · Lead UX Researcher · Bitpanda · Austria
AI-augmented service and product-led banking at scale
09:00–09:30 · Room B · Innovation & Implementation
Speaker TBC
Present and Future of Digital Transformation in Islamic Banking
09:30–10:00 · Room A · Main Stage
Wan Halim · Head of Shariah Governance (Global) · Crédit Agricole CIB · UAE
Future-Proofing Banking 2027–2030
Day 5 · 27 November 2026
16 sessions, two rooms
Post-quantum readiness, sovereign AI, and the technologies shaping banking to 2030.
Systemic Risk in European Banking 2027–2030: Geopolitics, AI and Structural Vulnerabilities
09:00–09:30 · Room A · Main Stage
Ulf Holmberg · Functional Lead and Senior Analyst · Swedbank · Sweden
Preparing banks for systemic threats: cyber, geopolitical disruption and operational concentration risk
09:00–09:30 · Room B · Innovation & Implementation
Naji Freiha · Risk Appetite, Strategy and Governance · Konsilium · France
Systemic threats and stress testing · post-quantum readiness
09:30–10:00 · Room A · Main Stage
Christoffer Kok · Head of Division, Stress Test Experts · European Central Bank · Germany
Selected speakers
Six of the 65 on the official roster, one from each day of the programme, each shown with the session they are published against.
Stephan Wolf
Chair of the Board, Verifiable.Trade Foundation; Leadership Team, LEI Worldwide
LEI Worldwide / Verifiable Trade Foundation, Germany
Corporate digital identity management
Day 2, 24 November 2026 · 09:00–09:30 · Room A · Main Stage
Domenico Scaffidi
CEO and Founder / Independent Consultant, Global Payments Innovation Practice
DS Payments Ltd, United Kingdom
Instant payments and interoperability
Day 3, 25 November 2026 · 09:00–09:30 · Room A · Main Stage
Rudolf Stefanich
Senior Manager - Product Insights
Bitpanda / New Design University, Austria
Human-AI banking experience
Day 4, 26 November 2026 · 09:00–09:30 · Room A · Main Stage
Ulf Holmberg
Functional Lead and Senior Analyst
Swedbank, Sweden
Systemic Risk in European Banking 2027–2030: Geopolitics, AI and Structural Vulnerabilities
Day 5, 27 November 2026 · 09:00–09:30 · Room A · Main Stage
Gladson Baby
Vice President & Director of Data & AI Enablement
Fifth Third Bank, United States
Data, AI enablement & intelligent automation for bank operations
Day 1, 23 November 2026 · 09:30–10:00 · Room B · Innovation & Implementation
Participation
In person
Both rooms run at Holiday Inn Amsterdam – Arena Towers, Amsterdam, for all 5 days, 23–27 November 2026.
Online
Online participation runs alongside the in-person summit. Current passes and terms appear only on the official registration page.
Holiday Inn Amsterdam – Arena Towers
- Venue
- Holiday Inn Amsterdam – Arena Towers
- Address
- Hoogoorddreef 66a, 1101 BE Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Nearest station
- Bijlmer ArenA · 4-min walk
- From Schiphol
- Train Schiphol → Bijlmer ArenA, approx. 15 min
- Parking
- P1 ArenA · paid, on-site
- Accessibility
- Step-free access; accessible WCs on every floor
- Registration desk
- Ground floor lobby, signposted on arrival
- Published times
- Central European Time (CET)
Event gallery
Banking Frontier 2026 takes place 23–27 November 2026 and has not happened yet. These photographs are from earlier events run by the same organiser.
Partnership information
Sponsorship and exhibiting are arranged directly with the organiser. No package, price, stand, partner name or partner logo appears on this page, because the verified source publishes none of it.
Organiser
Zenith-Energie International s.r.o.
Rezlerova 273/74, Petrovice, 109 00 Praha, Czechia
Company ID 02354357 · VAT CZ02354357
Questions and organiser
Is the compass a chart?
No. It is a mark, not a measurement. It holds no data, contains none of the five themes and is hidden from screen readers; each of the four tasks around it is ordinary text with its own link.
Is this an official travel guide?
No. The travel details here are copied from the official travel page and link back to it. Zenith-Energie International s.r.o. publishes the authoritative version.
What is the programme?
89 sessions across 5 days in two rooms, 23–27 November 2026, all times Central European Time (CET), with 65 listed speakers from 31 countries.
Can I attend online?
In-person and online participation are both available. Current passes, terms and any group conditions are shown on the official registration page.
Does this page book anything?
No. It takes no payment and holds no booking. Registration happens only on the official site.
Zenith-Energie International s.r.o., Rezlerova 273/74, Petrovice, 109 00 Praha, Czechia. Company ID 02354357, VAT CZ02354357. Enquiries: info@group-zenith.com. Registration, payment and official announcements happen only on the official site.